Word study · lex.G1248
διακονία diakonia
service · ministry · ministration
Team definition
A noun for the office or work of a servant: service or ministry. It can name domestic service, as in waiting at table, and also religious or church service. Rom 15:31 uses it of service directed to Jerusalem. The same noun covers a range of assigned duties; this entry does not decide the contents of any one ministry.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 32
Luke 10:40Acts 1:17Acts 1:25Acts 6:1Acts 6:4Acts 11:29Acts 12:25Acts 20:24Acts 21:19Rom 11:13Rom 12:7Rom 15:311 Cor 12:51 Cor 16:152 Cor 3:72 Cor 3:82 Cor 3:92 Cor 4:12 Cor 5:182 Cor 6:32 Cor 8:42 Cor 9:12 Cor 9:122 Cor 9:132 Cor 11:8Eph 4:12Col 4:171 Tim 1:122 Tim 4:52 Tim 4:11Heb 1:14Rev 2:19
Senses
1. domestic service Luke 10:40
2. service or ministry, including assigned religious service Rom 15:31, Rom 12:7, Rom 11:13, Acts 6:1, 2 Cor 8:4, 2 Cor 9:1
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. διακονία (G1248)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G1248
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
Spain, sending on, and the Jerusalem service (15:22–33) Rom 15:22; Rom 15:23; Rom 15:24; Rom 15:25; Rom 15:26; Rom 15:27; Rom 15:28; Rom 15:29; Rom 15:30; Rom 15:31; Rom 15:32; Rom 15:33